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>> reporter: including attorneys from the office of the public defender, child support services, and the district attorney's office. one cut, the 5% bonus for all lead attorneys. employees who have leadership roles. >> it was unfair and unprecedented that their 5% differential was taken away. and so after long and careful thought and deliberation, i instituted a policy. >> reporter: his policy taking time sheets and changing vacation to administrative leave, allowing employees to get paid time off and still bank their vacation time. admin leave given at the supervisor's discretion to attorneys who have worked an extraordinary number of hours. but that's not what these time sheets show. take a look. in 2011, the lead d.a.'s took less than 600 hours of admin time. compare that to 2012. . after the cuts, it quadrupled. >> so they're working a lot harder in 2012 than 2011. >> jenna, i agree with you, that the reason that we're giving
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more administrative leave now than before is because in the first time of this county, their 5% differential was taken away from them. and then i thought that's not fair. that's wrong. >> reporter: so rosen saw it as right to give extra time off. >> they don't receive overtime. they don't receive stock options. they don't receive bonuses. we don't even have free coffee here. >> reporter: instead of coffee, admin leave, like 72 hours over christmas. 80 hours during the summer. even going to see a movie, converted from vacation to admin time. we found one lead d.a. took 188 hours of vacation in 2011, and 10 hours of admin leave. but that flip-flopped last year. 177 hours of admin leave. only one hour of vacation. >> i think this is the right thing to do. and that's why i'm doing it. >> reporter: this is not what administrative leave was intended for. you're saying it is.
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it's intended to make up for the 5%. that's not what the policy states. >> the policy allows for administrative leave to be given, and it gives discretion to the district attorney to do that. >> reporter: and while admin leave is going up, vacation use is going down. all of that vacation time can be banked and possibly cashed out, like this lead attorney. she retired in december, trading in more than a thousand hours for a six-figure payout. documents she was given 247 hours of admin leave over two years. but rosen claims his policy isn't changing compensation. >> they're not getting a dime more than anybody that they're supervising. and this isn't costing the taxpayers any more. it just gives these prosecutors some additional time away. that's all. >> i don't think it's fair to the county taxpayers. >> reporter: bob stern is the former council of the fair political practices commission. >> what he did was go around what the county board did and
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use a different way of achieving what he wanted to achieve, which is to pay his employees less but also let them work less. >> reporter: remember, lead attorneys in other offices also lost their 5%. but we found they didn't get any administrative leave. >> i think the public is going to be very upset, and other employees in the county are going to be very upset. they're saying wait a minute, we're taking a 5% cut, and the d.a.'s are not. >> reporter: the d.a.'s policy doesn't just include changing vacation time. sick time was changed too. >> whatever timeoff slips you have. it doesn't matter. it speaks for itself. it's seexplanatory. you have it. >> so it's okay to change sick time to administrative leave? you're okay with that? >> jenna, first of all, its same thing. whether they're here or not and they have time off, whether it comes from their sick bank or their vacation or their str, what's called vacation or administrative leave, it's all time away. >> reporter: county executive
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jeff smith oversees policies and union contracts. after we started looking into the d.a.'s admin leave -- >> i was surprised. first thing i thought was we need to do an investigation. >> reporter: his main concern, the financial impact on the county. if other departments tried to get around pay cuts by giving time off. >> it's a problem in terms of savings to the county, yes. >> one of the core values of our organization, jenna, if you look on my wall there, is transparency. this is making clear and transparent to the public what we're doing, which is giving administrative leave in lieu of scheduled time off. >> reporter: transparency. no one public knew about until now. >> clearly, the public is going to say why are you different, mr. district attorney. why is your office different from all the over offices. why should your employees be treated differently. >> reporter: because of what we uncovered, the county is now conducting an internal investigation into the d.a.'s office to determine if policies were followed. the board of supervisors has
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also been notified. this evening, the attorney for the government attorneys association stated he sees the actions of the d.a. as a gift of public funds. we're going to stay on top of this and report an update in the coming days. terry? >> jenna, thanks very much. if you have a for our investigative unit, give us a call, 888-996-tips, or send us an e-mail to the unit at nbcbayarea.com. new and different information tonight from san francisco police after officers critically wounded two men early this morning. investigators now say the suspect had a real gun, albeit an air gun. it was not a fake weapon, as they previously announced. the incident began about 2:00 this morning when two groups started arguing near 17 and valencia streets in the mission district. officers arrived, saw the man with a weapon, and at some point opened fire, hitting him and another man. both are in critical condition tonight. police say chief greg sur will host a town hall meeting about the incident this week.
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caltrain service is back on track after a major fuel leak last night stalled trains for hours. caltrain says one of their southbound trains hit a large piece of metal on the tracks about a mile north of the san francisco station about 7:30 last night. a fuel tank on the engine was damaged and roughly 750 gallons of fuel came gushing out. >> our locomotives are diesel locomotive electrics. and they have a fuel tank like a car would have. it punctured the fuel tank. kind of a listening metal tube. we're looking into that. we really don't know how it got to be on the tracks. >> no one was hurt, and passengers were bussed to their final destinations. hazardous materials experts are assessing whether anything else can be done. any more cleanup work will happen during offpeak hours and should not disrupt train service. governor jerry brown is off tomorrow on a trade mission to china, hoping it means billions of dollars for the state. the governor will promote agriculture, greenhouse gas reduction policies, and tourism during his seven-day trip.
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more than 70 california business leaders are going too. they want to strengthen ties with the world's second largest economy. analysts say california has the potential to attract up to $60 billion in investments from china by 2020. >> for a governor to be able to talk about, you know, gets attention that you can't buy. so that's, you know, that's really important. >> governor brown also plans to reopen a foreign trade and investment office in shanghai that was closed ten years ago that will be financed by private donations. they're one of the most personal signs of a world series win. for the second time in three years, a world champion san francisco giants were given their world series rings in a ceremony at at&t park. mindi bach of comcast sports network has the story. >> reporter: the 2012 world series win, from the parade to the raising of the banner during the home opener on friday. the ring ceremony is the most personal. that's because the players and
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coaches say it's their own memento of what they have accomplished. the rings were brought into at&t park for sunday's ceremony in true san francisco style aboard a cable car. the 2012 rings were much bigger than the rings from 2010, but they were created to reflect the unique circumstance of the 2012 play-offs. the giants six elimination games and four-game sweep of detroit were all represented and the players are anxious to get their first look. >> definitely an exciting day for all of us. we've been looking forward to being able to see the ring and see what they did upstairs. and it turned out great. >> the ring is really sweet. i mean it's a little bit more how do you say flashy than the first one. but all in all, it's still a world series ring, just to be a part of that incredible ride. >> it's always going to be special to, you know, to receive the rings for the world series. i didn't realize it was going to be as special as it was until it actually happened. >> reporter: the giants' normal game routine was disrupted by the weekend of festivities. but the players say one thing
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they learned from 2010 is to enjoy each moment, because you don't know when it will come again. the team is looking forward to putting closure on last year and focusing solely on this season. at at&t park, mindi bach, nbc bay area. coming up next at 11:00, he gave it his all to be at today's giants game. >> we've had a lot of people really pitch in to make it happen. >> the team effort that allowed this heart transplant patient to cheer on his favorite team. also, killed by a stray bullet. the tragic shooting that left a father and photographer dead, and how his friends are remembering him. i'm kimberly tere live in santa clara with more on the city's plan for 230 acres right across the street from the niners new stadium. the details coming up. and right now we're watching rain across the golden gate bridge. and on the radar view, you'll see we have rain also in the east bay. tri-valley, the winds are starting to pick up as you're watching the rain moving into the south bay. that's one component of the changes we're seeing in the
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weather by this time tomorrow. strong, very gusty winds will be the big weather story as you start off the workweek. we'll talk about the changes in the forecast when we come right back.
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tonight friend and family are mourning the loss of a former photographer at the oakland tribune. 59-year-old lionel fluker was hit by a stray bullet while driving home from the gym friday night. monty joins us from oakland with more. >> reporter: good evening. i'm told that lionel's two big loves in life were his family and taking photos. and now his family and friends are struggling to cope with the suddenness of his death. lionel fluker's second career was hisirst love. as a freelance photographer for the oakland tribune from 1995 to 2007, he photographed celebrities, sporting events, and breaking news. nick lammers is the director of photography for the bay area news group and describes fluker as more than a colleague, more than a friend. he was family. >> if you always had a spring in his step, and would greet you with, you know, hey, baby, what's going on.
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a really nice guy, always laughing, all uptempo. and, you know, it's just so sad to see a life like this taken away so senselessly. >> reporter: the 54-year-old was driving home from the gym at about 10:15 friday night when he was hit by a stray bullet from a shooting near this gas station at seminary avenue and macarthur boulevard. police say another man who was the intended target of the shooting was critically injured, but fluker did not survive. fluker already had a career adds a computer engineer when he came to the tribune, but had a love for photography that never went away. the only greater love was for his 20-year-old daughter dominique. >> he loved his daughter and talked about her daily. and was just very proud. and we were all very proud of him because he was such a good guy. >> reporter: and police have not made any arrests in this case. a $15,000 reward is being
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offered for information leading to the shooter or shooters in this case. live in oakland tonight, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> monte, thanks very much. a fight at a family party in concord has left one man dead and another behind bars. police say the fight broke out in a parking lot on my casa court about 8:30 last night. that's where they found the body of 25-year-old ishmail ramirez. he had been shot to death. officers found the suspected gunman, 29-year-old vincent ochoa a few blocks away. he was booked on suspicion of first-degree murder. the south bay may have a new place to shop and eat, a new massive entertainment district could be built right across the street from the new ninerers stadium in santa clara. city leaders will be considering the idea at a meeting on tuesday. nbc bay area's kimberly tere is live in the area developers are looking at near the intersection of tasmin drive. kim, what is going on? >> reporter: terry, we're right across the street from the new stadium in the parking lot of the city's golf course, which the mayor hopes to turn into a
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multiuse development. this family who lives in san francisco comes to santa clara to ride bikes at the bmx park and putt around at the nearby golf cautious. >> it's a great space here. well live in a city that we don't have too much of a space. but we have the bay area, so we can travel. this is great. >> reporter: but the 230 acres of city-owned land right across from the niners stadium could soon be repurposed. >> by i imagine a mix of uses, retail use, jazz clubs, hotels, everything that you would want to have near a stadium sight, near a convention center. just know they're part of our puzzle. and it's such a large piece. >> reporter: a commercial and residential developer is eyeing the property, which is adjacent to the land niners great joe montana is hoping to build a hotel on. >> the cost of development and land here in the south bay being so high, let's face it, it's become prime real estate. >> reporter: on tuesday, the santa clara city council will consider entering into an exclusive negotiating agreement
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with the developer to explore other options for the site. >> these are great because they give us a chance at really no cost to the city to dream, and to dream with some of the best professionals that are on the leading edge of development. >> reporter: as for the fongs, they're concerned and just hoping that any development plans will keep their beloved bmx park and at least some of the golf course intact. >> i don't know where else we would go. >> reporter: shopping here solve or do you want it to be a continue to be a golf course? >> continue to be a golf course. >> reporter: why? >> because i like going golfing. >> reporter: what do you like about this place? >> it's big. it's very peaceful. >> i can't see an 18-hole golf course to be frank with you, but i could see an executive course, a nine-hole course. that's the more modern way to play golf. >> reporter: if the city does give the go ahead, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done in regard to zoning and also environmental checks. the mayor says groundbreaking would still be a couple of years away. live in santa clara, kimberly
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tere, nbc bay area news. >> kimberly, thanks very much. there was a wish granted at the giants baseball game today. a young man who is one of the longest surviving heart transplant patients on the west coast is temporarily released from the hospital for a chance to see the game. 23-year-old brandon of wall mutt creek received a heart transplant when he was 3 years old. he is now hospitalized at kaiser permanente santa clara for continuing care. the life-long giants fan took his cardiologist with him to today's game. >> what is really exciting is he had bought ticks for april 22nd, and since it wasn't clear that he would make to it that game, the organization here, kaiser permanente made it possible for him to get out of the hospital today to attend. >> thank you. >> kaiser arranged for an bluns ambulance to take him to the game. we have rain copping down in parts of the bay area right now. light in the places that i've
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been, mainly the parking lot here at the station. but we have summer on the way real soon. rob, what is going on? >> that's great. weather watcher terry mcsweeney reporting around san jose. we've had light rain around san jose. been more moderate in a few spots up towards the north bay and east bayhill tops. you could see 50s outside. by tomorrow morning, it's going to be less about the rain and more about the wind speeds around the bay area. it is a little breezy out there. west wind at 20 into oakland, 26 in novato. by tomorrow, we could be looking at 20 to 30 miles per hour sustained winds. that will be part two of three weather changes we see this week. right now we are seeing some of that light rain at times that will shut down by sunrise. and then the winds start to crank up as the system starts to move to the east and midweek. a third part of the big changes will be the warm-up. we'll get into the 70s and maybe even close to low 80s by wednesday. right now towards solano county into the east bay, you can see some of the showers right around castro valley, over towards dublin and sunol, and a little bit of light rain here and there
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around san jose. a lot of the moisture is being forced to rise up over the hilltops. and the added lift is where you're going to see most of the precipitation come down in some of those east bay hills around the coastal range. as the system starts to clear off to the east, wind then becomes the story. you see the areas in tan, wind advisories from all day monday until about monday evening. you'll see the gusts maybe as high as 45 miles per hour. and still plenty breezy down at the lower elevation taos. so look what happen here is by 4:00 and 6:00 by tomorrow morning. not only do the showers shut down, the clouds race out of the bay area. the winds start to crank up. and the winds being caused partially by the system that is bringing us the rained now and high pressure building in from the west. the two working together to really boost the wind speeds. so it's going to get this system out of here pretty quickly. but the wind out of the north will be quite gusty, maybe as high as 45 miles per hour at times. and the other thing to watch out for heading through lake tahoe or reno, snowshowers will be continuing for tomorrow morning. winds picking up, showers moving off to the east around your
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morning commute. but gusty winds at time. we're going to see highs in the 60s around the bay area tomorrow from san jose, mid-60s. upper 60s around pleasanton, and a fairerly cool and windy day around san francisco. near 60 degree temperature there's. maybe close to 70 in santa rosa. and then as the winds back off, temperatures start to climb on up. tuesday still breezy in the hills. wednesday easily the nicest and warmest day of the week. less wind, more warming. and if a slight offshore breeze, we should get close to 70 out by the beaches, maybe upper 70s around santa cruz. that's going to be a nice day to head to the coast. as the sea breeze kicks up a little bit towards the end of the week. it should lead to some cooling. no signs of any rain in the forecast. once we past wednesday, nothing changes. but in the meantime, the next few days you've got rain, some wind, and some snow in the sierra, and a big warm-up heading toward the middle part of the week. >> rob, thank you so much. when we come back, we have the warriors, the sharks, giants, a's. keep it here. ♪ alright, let's go.
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welcome back to nbc bay area. the g-man had a few reasons to celebrate this weekend. friday the giants raised their world series flag. yesterday they honored
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buster posey, and today they received their rings made out of 52 diamonds. could the g men wrap up the wild weekend with a victory? let's go out to at&t park. giants receiving the bling bling right there. and go ahead and smile for the cameras. yes, sir. giants up 2-1 in the fourth. bases loaded for matt adams. he is thinking home run. but hold your horses. double to right center. two runs score. 5-2 cards. matt carpenter, singles to right. two more score. and that was the end for matt cain. he give up nine earned runs in total. the giants lose, 14-3. >> for myself and for the rest of the guys, i wish i had done better. you know, to kind of keep the excitement going. but, you know, it's a long season. and then we'll have a lot more games and do all that. but definitely remember, try to remember it as a good day as getting our rings and being excited about that.
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>> you have one of those days where everything, the hit finds a hole and it's just out of reach. and they hit some balls hard too. they had good at-bats. the game is always going to give you a good opportunity to win. today is one of the days it didn't fall our way. over to the a's and astros. top of the fifth, 5-0 a's, chris young gets a lot of that one. he is not just young, he is strong. homers to left. three-run shot. his second homer of the year, 8-0 a's. bottom of the fifth, jose altuve lifts a fall ball near the sands in right. josh redick misses the wall and hits the wall hard. thankfully his x-rays are negative. he has a sprained right wrist. the a's win, 9-3. meanwhile, the warriors realized what they needed to do, but they just couldn't do it tonight. a win over the jazz would have clinched a play-off spot. but get this. the warriors were playing catch-up for most of the game. fourth quarter, warriors down
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eight. steph curry the give-and-go from three-pointland. let it fly. nothing but the fwoychl nbottom net. two minutes later, lee 21 points, 13 boards. we have a three-point game. but at the other end, mo williams milked 20 seconds off the shot clock before draining the dagger. jazz win, 97-90. >> it sucks. i mean you have a chance to protect your home court again and continue to play good basketball leading up to where we're trying to go. we understand that we control the situation tonight and didn't get it done. we got to figure out what lesson to take out of this and get back to it on tuesday. more hoops. cal women taking on louisville in the final four. cal down three. pulls up and hits the three. we're tied at 57. next louisville possession,
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sarah hammond drives, hits the layup, plus the foul. louisville goes up three after the free throw. last chance for cal down three. makayla. cal has the foul. louisville would win, 64-57. >> we weren't just some cinderella team who made a year this year. like this is what cal basketball is going to be like. well set out to be elite and make this program known. i think this is something that this program has done. that's a legacy you left. yes, it hurts to lose, but that's pretty awesome. i don't think a lot of people get to do that. let's get to the ice before we get out of here. stars and sharks. raffi torres making his san jose debut. second period, torres and galiardi for the spinorama, baby. it's in there, beautiful goal. the sharks up 3-2. but outcome was decided in the shoot-out. jamie beat ante niemi. the sharks lose, 5-4, snapping a seven-game win streak. one other note on the golden
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state warriors, the warriors can clinch a play-off spot with a win and a loss from the jazz or the lakers. keep your fingers crossed. the warriors trying to get become to the play-offs for second time in 19 years. >> well, i've got my fingers crossed for you, henry. thank you so much. just ahead, the crowd went wild, and so will you. the touchdown that has touched hearts across the nation, coming up. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios
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yesterday he hit the field with all the other players for a spring intermural football game. jack went 69 yards to score a touchdown. he did it in nearly 60,000 cheering fans. and that touchdown made jack the game's leading rusher. gas price is going down. but analysts credit for the falling prices at the pump. and it's a trend they expect to continue. also, honestly, the last thing i can tell you is being on the cliff. >> lost for days in the wilderness. just ahead, a teenager from southern california explains what went wrong, and how he and his friend survived.
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a young southern california
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man is enjoying his first night home tonight after a hiking trip turned into a fight for survival. the 19-year-old was rescued on wednesday after spending four days stranded and hurt in the hills of orange county. jane yamamoto from our nbc station in los angeles has this report. >> reporter: getting ready to leave the hospital, 19-year-old nicholas cendoya was anxious to go home. >> excited to get my first home-cooked dinner. >> reporter: walking out of the hospital this afternoon with his family, he didn't break any bones, but lost 15 pounds and still has lots of little scratches covering his arms. nicholas says trouble began about five hours after his day hike in the cleveland national forest on easter sunday, with his friend 18-year-old kendell jack. >> honestly, the last thing i can tell you is being on the cliff, making the 911 call. and i told her if we don't get out of here, we're going to die. so i told her to grab on to me. >> reporter: nicholas doesn't remember what happened next. the trauma doctor says he suffered a concussion from the fall. >> now they tell me i suffered a trauma, i guess that's maybe i fell. and maybe we both fell, and we
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just split ways. >> reporter: nicholas was stuck in a rugged forest surrounded by heavy brush for four days and had no food or water. >> i ended up eating plants and sucking juices out of plants, anything coy do to survive. >> reporter: surviving off of the elements, he is said he was starting to hallucinate. >> the third day, i wasn't even scared. i was seeing, it sounds crazy, i was seeing tigers. i thought tigers were stalking me. >> reporter: he heard people but didn't know if he was dreaming. he was found less than a mile where from where he parked his car. rescue crews got to him just in time. >> i was so scared that night i had the most fear of death because i knew uwas going to die. i spent all my energy that day. that was meant by god that we weren't meant to die. . that was jane yamamoto reporting. the young woman cendoya was hiking with was rescued a day after he was. kendell jack was airlifted from a rocky ledge on a steep slope and rushed to the hospital. cendoya says he can't wait to visit her in the hospital.
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a possible explosive device was found at crown memorial beach in alameda this morning. a park ranger doing maintenance work spotted the suspicious device near the rest rooms at shoreline drive and park street about 10:30. portions of crown beach, shoreline drive and park street were closed while the bomb squad investigated. officials say the device was safely detonated in place without any injuries or damage. just in to the newsroom, south korea's top expert on north korea says there is an indication that pyongyang is preparing for another nuclear test. the leader told the parliamentary committee monday that according to confidential sources, north korea is gearing up for a fourth underground nuclear test. lawmakers asked about increased activity at the north's nuclear te test site. she died doing what she loved to do. those are the words of the father of awes diplomat killed in afghanistan this weekend. 25-year-old anne smedinghoff of
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illinois was on her way to the dedication of a new school in southern afghanistan when her convoy was attacked by a suicide bomber on saturday. in her old neighborhood in suburban chicago, white ribbons are tied in her memory. her family and friends say smedinghoff had no fear, joining the foreign service right out of college and volunteering for missions in dangerous locations. >> it's a tragedy for everyone on the block. and you can see by the outpouring of the ribbons and what have you that we all support the family. it's just a very sad thing. >> four other americans died in the same attack. their names have not been released. new at 11:00, eight senators are in the final stages of crafting a bipartisan immigration bill that they could be ready to debate this week. senator john mccain, who is one of the group's leaders, says there will be a great deal of unhappiness because everybody didn't get what they wanted. the measure would help secure the border and allow tens of thousands of foreign workers into the country. it would also create a path to eventual citizenship for the estimated 11 million people
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living in the u.s. illegally. the bay area is marking the start of holocaust remembrance day at the san francisco jewish community center. it's a solemn day when many jewish communities hold ceremony to honor the nearly 6 million who died at the hands of the nazis in the 1930s and 40s. today a panel on motivation and why people reacted in varying ways. >> the holocaust does not inevitable. the holocaust does not have to occur. the holocaust occurred because of actions and inactions by people throughout europe and around the world. the things that people did and the things that people failed to do. >> today's panel included historians and a holocaust survivor. the overarching message, learn from history to ensure an event of this nature never happens again. bay area drivers are paying less at the pump. nationwide, gas prices have dropped nearly 15 cents a gallon since the end of february.
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the national average is $3.64 for a gallon of regular unleaded. analysts say it's because of falling crude oil price, and they they expect prices to fall even more. now here in the bay area, that average is much higher. in oakland the average price per gallon of regular 4:01 compared to $4.14 a month ago. in san francisco down 12 cents a gallon from a month ago. and in san jose, the average price is $4.01, down 15 cents. starting tomorrow, san francisco's international airport will get busier. scandinavian airlines will offer a new nonstop route to copenhagen, denmark. the airlines will fly the route every day except tuesday. the airline says the bay area is an important growing area for business and leisure travelers. a special ceremony will be held at sfo tomorrow to celebrate scandinavian airlines' new route. you'll love. this powerball coming to california tomorrow. yes, you're going to be able to
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buy tickets for powerball, which has a jackpot that starts at $40 million. right now it's $60 million. the state has considered adopting powerball in the past but hesitated because california already has mega millions. your odds of winning 1 in 23 million. buying a round of drinks without ever talking to a bartender? the new app that cuts down on your wait time at the bar. next. plus, how hackers are hacking into your smartphone. how you can protect your device.
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red meat may cause heart disease, but not because of the fat. a new steak-eating study has shown the real culprit behind the increased risk of heart disease is a little studied chemical. it's called tmao, a gut bacteria released into the body after eating red meat. researchers found tmao levels turned out to predict heart attack risk in humans. they say the work could also lead to new treatments for heart disease, perhaps an antibiotic to specifically wipe out the bacterial culprit. internet security experts suddenly know more about the way hackers are getting access to your smartphone, but still don't have software to prevent it. nbc's chris clackum shows us how to keep the hackers out. >> reporter: security experts who figured it was just a matter of time before hackers gained access to smartphones now say time has arrive, with a vengeance. >> 10, 15,000 a day, perhaps.
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we have a financial motivation. these guys have figured out how to take phones and turn them into money. >> reporter: bob sullivan, senior technology writer for nbc news.com had a security researcher at symantec show him how a hijacker hijacks an innocent-looking app. >> insert his own code to trojanize this application. >> reporter: an application that you end up downloading to your phone, unaware that you're giving the hacker as much control as you have. >> so the game is all about getting you to install a piece of software that is malicious. and then they can do whatever you can do with the phone from anywhere on the planet. >> reporter: the hacker is basically doing business using your identity, but collecting the proceeds. which can be lucrative as symantec found in the case it recently uncovered. >> he was doing so about 25,000 times a day. even if he was making fractions of a dollar, we estimate that he was making well over a million dollars per year.
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>> reporter: sullivan says the hacking is almost exclusively with phones with android operating systems because unlike iphones that only download apps from the apple store, the android-based phones can download from anywhere. so his advice -- >> right now if you're using android, only get apps from the google play store. >> reporter: and quit treating your smartphone like it's as protected as your pc. chris clackum, nbc news. if you get frustrated waiting for a drink at the bar, or waiting for the bar tender to close your tab, there is an app for that. two virginia tech students have developed an app called drink up. the app lets you select the number of drinkious want, type of drink, and then pay for it, all without having to struggle to order from the bartender. >> when you walk into a bar and it's crowded, it's tough to get the bartender's attention. so that's the problem we saw. if you get a notification saying your drink is ready, you walk up, and you flash your
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verification code. >> the student says the average bar transaction takes about 120 seconds. they say the app cuts about 90 seconds out of that wait time. they hope to put drink up in the app store by the middle of this month. rob mayeda here now. talking about rain now, summer soon. rob, how are you doing? >> in between the two, we're going to get a real taste of gusty winds setting up. we got the wet roads now. windy weather tomorrow. and then the warm-up for the middle part of the week. winds outside starting to turn pretty gusty. once the rain moves on, which will be fairly shortly, probably the next three to four hours, the wind speeds will continue to increase during the day tomorrow. we'll see 20 to 30-mile-per-hour winds. and right now out towards the delta and napa county, you can see most of the showers moving to the east and the south through contra costa and alameda counties here into livermore and pleasanton, near dublin. and down now into san jose, saying maybe a little more than a few sprinkles around the santa clara valley now. this is where most of the lift and the moisture is somewhat over the south bay. and that will continue to head
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off quickly to the east as drying winds take shape. this is going to lead to the wind advisories that will be up all the way through at least 8:00 tomorrow night. all the hilltops, the north bay, the coastal mountain, diablo, hills east of san jose, and a gale warning on the coast, we can see wind speeds up to 40 knots on the coast and 30 to 45 wind gust for inland hilltops. by tomorrow morning, around sunrise, wind speeds throttling up as we go through the day as the system now moving to the east and high pressure building in behind it acting a little like a wind tunnel for the bay area. the wind speeds increasing through the day monday. backing off some on tuesday and wednesday. and that's going to lead to less wind and a little bit of a warm-up towards the middle part of the week. tomorrow morning, 40s to get the day started. we should see highs for the afternoon mostly in the 60s. and as we jump ahead to tuesday, look a little more yellow and orange on the map. we should be seeing mostly 70s inland by tuesday. and by wednesday, i think you're going to find low 80s, maybe out by the tri-valley and south of
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san jose for the middle part of the week. the story tomorrow, we'll transition out of the showers to very gusty winds. still breezy into tuesday. wednesday looks pretty nice. the winds back off. we're going to enjoy some spring sunshine. but perhaps almost an early taste of summer as some places will be in the 80s inland. and then thursday and friday, temperatures cooling some as the sea breeze comes back. a few extra clouds. but no rain in the forecast. so very active start to the week. and then on cruise control once we pass thursday-friday through next sunday. >> as far as you can see, there is nothing there. >> no. the next ten days. a great story for you here. more than 50 sea turtles received an extra push in florida today and swam home to the ocean. the turtles were part of the nearly 250 rescued off cape cod after beaching themselves last fall because of cold weather. the turtles ranged from 10-pound kemps to 100-pound loggerheads. my, they're slow when they're on the beach, aren't they?
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still ahead, handle with care. the delicate operation taking priceless works of art on a whole new journey.
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summer's, the san francisco museum of modern art will close for a big renovation. work is expected to take at least a couple of years. as nbc bay area's joe rosato jr. shows us, the building is closing, but the art will be on the move, and it might be coming to you. anyone who lives in one place long enough, knows you accumulate plenty of stuff. when the place is san francisco's museum of modern art, that stuff is countless pieces of modern art. >> we have a collection of almost 30,000 objects. it's located in a different locations both this the building and outside. >> reporter: with moma closing its doors in june for a two-year renovation, the art is getting packed up. everyday moving fans show up to
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haul away a new priceless load, and soon cranes will carry off large sculptures from the rooftop garden. >> these are very fragile, very delicate works of art. you have to handle them very, very carefully. >> reporter: this summer moma will kick off its massive expansion which will more than double in space and the museum agreed to build the city a new fire station in exchange for expanding into the old one next door. >> in the annals of american museums, i can not think of another instance where a museum has build a new firehouse for its community in order to be able to expand. >> reporter: during the two years moma is closed, it will display some of the collection in museums across the bay area and beyond. >> and we'll also be presenting a host of off-site projects in nontraditional spaces for contemporary art such as crissy field or the town of los altos. >> reporter: the first of the
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exhibitions, they will stage eight sculptures by artist di suveri on san francisco's field this may. >> for us, it's a chance to experiment with the idea that art might help people see our park resources in new and interesting ways. >> reporter: moma is planning a celebration, including free days leading up to its last day on june 2nd. it's expected to reopen in january of 2016. in between, instead of going to moma to see modern art, it's modern art maybe copping to you. joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. when we come back, the world's greatest rock 'n roll band on the way to the bay area. how you can see them, coming up after this. well, well, well.
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legendary rock band the rolling stones hitting the road
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for a north american tour that includes oakland and san jose. ♪ start me up, never stop, never stop ♪ >> started out 50 years ago and they haven't stopped. you can see the rolling stones in san jose and oakland go on sale to the general public tomorrow morning 10:00 a.m. prices range from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars. per seat. the stones are set to play oracle arena sunday may 5th, hp pavilion in san jose mayth. mick jagger says expect the classics with a few other gems mixed in. i've seen the boys about 18 times. >> wow. well, at those kind of prices, maybe they'll add a couple more dates. >> you think they could have retired by now. >> they're touring 50 years, my goodness. tomorrow morning going to have a little bit of rain moving through the bay area tonight. and gusty wind at times. the last batch moving through san jose at the moment. and be prepared for gusty winds and warmer weather heading towards the middle part of the
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week. >> great job, rob. thanks for watching nbc bay area news. the chris matthews show is next. good night and have a great week. easier than actually going to the bank. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank.
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>> this is "the chris matthews show." >> ask not what your country can do for you. >> tear down this wall. >> i can hear you. >> the time for change has come. chris: guns winning the battle over people? a hell of a lot more guns in the u.s. than voting citizens and sales of guns, especially
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the foost shooting kind have exploded since the horror at newtown. why is the reaction to tragedy to arm up even more? broken watch. remember the biological clock that nudged women to think about having children by a time certain? are some professionals now saying push your career, risk putting off marriage and children? but wait a second. who are these people giving all this free advice? and finally, big apple time. madmen is coming back and after 40 years so is the tonight show. we're heading back to new york for batman's gotham to superman's metropolis. new york, new york. the town is so nice they named it twice. i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. and with us, "time" magazine's joe klein. the bbc's katty kay and the cook political report's amy walter and nbc's own peter alexander. first up, why on earth, four months after newtown, do things look so dismal for even modest gun controls? members of congress from america's old frontier, the rural areas, especially in the south and west, look ready to
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block even a vote on universal background checks. and our frontier days of course, guns in the right hands kept the peace among chers and farmers. settlers and scoundrels. that particular american relationship with the gun was romanticized. when we were growing up of course in our westerns. guns were the final judge of good and evil. here's gary cooper in "high noon." >> i'll come out. let her go. >> as soon as you walk through that door. come on. i'll hold my father. - my fire. [gunshots] chris: and television of course gunsmoke. the hero marshall dillon. >> you put that gun on and come back out on the street. one minute and i'm coming back in after you, armed or unarmed, i'm going to kill you.

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